Chapter 643
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Due to the retreat of the Shadow Blade and a few elders, the Viper Cross army in the city quickly lost to the army led by Rubens and was chased out of the city. Many of the soldiers who witnessed Roddy's terrifying destructive power were greatly boosted in morale. They all loudly shouted the news of "the enemy leader is dead".
Just when they thought that Roddy would stop after Elderweiss flew away, they saw him turn around and suddenly run towards the city wall twenty meters away.
He sheathed his short sword and slung the Dragonbone Bow over his shoulder. Roddy approached the city wall and took three steps upwards. Just as he was about to land halfway up the city wall, his hands seemed to have some kind of sticky power as he grabbed onto the city wall and continued to climb up. The enemy needed a ladder to climb up the city wall for a few minutes, but with Roddy's "Climb" skill, it only took him three seconds to reach the top of the city wall.
After reaching the top of the city wall, he ignored the soldiers around him. Instead, he took two steps on the city wall and activated "Leap", leaping out of the city!
The Temple Guards on the city wall were dumbfounded. They did not understand why Roddy would run up the city wall and then jump down. But just as the thought popped up in their heads, they felt the wind behind them. The diving Keldar Duck flew past the soldiers' heads, the strong air currents even knocked down a few of the city guards who lost their balance.
Rody jumped up from the wall and stretched out his hand to grab the duck's hind leg. Using the strength of his arm, he flipped his body up and skillfully climbed onto the saddle on its back. He then looked into the distance and locked onto Elvis' figure before flying straight away.
When the soldiers on the city wall reacted, Roddy was already five hundred meters away. The high level Keldar Duck first climbed more than a hundred meters before it started sprinting with all its might. Roddy sat on the saddle unhurriedly. After drinking a potion to recover his mana, he activated "Awaken" and slowly began to create energy arrows …
It had been less than three minutes since Roddy launched his attack and jumped off the city wall. The knights of the Sacred Army who were about to rush over had no idea what was going on. Some of them were still shouting nonsense. However, just as they approached the city gate, they saw Zach and the others in front of them running back with an expression as if they had seen a ghost. They asked loudly what had happened, but they only heard one thing from these people.
Claude was dead!
Dean was dead!
Elvis had escaped!
"What's going on?! What happened? "
But in the end, the answers they got made them scratch their heads. Some said that an invincible knight had killed several commanders one by one. Some said that there were spies in the army who had ambushed and assassinated them at the same time. The most exaggerated one was that there was a horrifying magical beast that had swallowed everyone alive. These things sounded ridiculous, but in this chaotic era of cold weapons, it was normal. As a result, the 'Sacred Army' that was charging forward hesitantly slowed down their speed.
When they saw the soldiers of the "Rose Cross" fighting desperately on the city wall of the "Holy Cathedral" and the city gate that was forcefully closed by Rubens and his men, they gave up on the idea of entering the city and plundering.
The sky was getting dark, and it was about to get dark. But at this time, the Sacred Army realized that there was no one around to give them any hints or leadership. They looked around blankly and did not know what to do next. In order to fill their stomachs, they could only return to the villages that were looted and eat. But after they retreated, many of them chose to leave quietly.
After all, the purpose of hiring knights to fight was to earn money. Now that their employer was dead, what was the point of staying here? They might as well eat and drink to their heart's content and leave. Why would they care about Milnor's situation now?
In the "Holy Cathedral", Rubens, who had finally stopped the battle, did not rest at all. He walked in front with a serious face, followed by Benjamin and the temple guards from the Bogdo parish. They pushed open the bloodstained inner city gate and walked into the center of power that they had just left this morning.
No one wiped the bloodstains on the ground because the believers and priests who were in charge of cleaning up the city had all died in the battle during the day. Rubens could see the corpses on the side of the square. Among them, there were even three cardinals in red robes.
The eight Cardinal Bishops who were sent to the outer city by the Pope were all alive, but they were all exhausted from the battle. These old guys wanted to follow them, but they were stopped by Rubens with "good intentions".
In short, when Rubens walked into the church, the first thing he saw were the remaining twelve Cardinal Bishops who were seriously injured and in a sorry state. Most of them were political enemies who had tried to suppress Rubens. But now, they looked at him and could not say a word.
They almost lost the "Holy Cathedral" because they had underestimated the enemy, but the inner city was now full of soldiers brought by Benjamin. That was the main reason why they did not dare to speak.
Why did Rubens's troops come in such a strange way? Why did he suddenly leave before the enemy attacked? Why did he "coincidentally" rush into the city with so many troops when the enemy was attacking?
It was not easy for so many troops to come from the Bogdo parish. Even if Benjamin, the district bishop, gave the order, it would take at least three to five days in advance. But these questions were no longer important, because in a power struggle, only the result mattered. No one cared about the process.
The so-called "process" could be explained with any lame excuses after the dust had settled.
Because they all understood that the power structure of the "Rose Cross" would completely change from now on.
Rubens still calmly greeted them and continued to walk forward. He passed through the familiar corridor and arrived in front of the Pope's small house. The inner servant who had delivered the message for him in the morning had been killed. Now, there was only a priest with bloodstains on his face standing guard outside the house. When he saw Rubens, his lips trembled and he wanted to speak, but Rubens raised his hand to stop him.
"Let me see His Holiness."
There was no more "delivering the message". Rubens pushed the door open and entered, leaving behind the stiff-faced priest who wanted to stop him.
He knew that it was best to be an idiot at a time like this.
The heavily injured Pope's face was pale, but it was not so serious that he could not get out of bed. He sat on a simple armchair in front of the window and looked at Rubens with dim eyes. He quietly listened to him briefly describe the process of recovering the "Holy Cathedral". He did not show any dissatisfaction at Rubens entering without the inner servant's message.
"You mean … the two elders of the 'Viper Cross' were killed on the spot? Who did it? "
The Pope felt that things were more complicated than he had imagined. He could not think of anyone who could kill the enemy's commander and generals in such a situation. But Rubens's answer made him hold his breath.
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